Word: coddington
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...nation has demsonstrated, this is one idea that sounds great on paper but is nearly impossible to implement. The problem, in a word, is political: Shapiro says, "everybody is scared of the public." "There's been a major search in the state for location of dumping sites," says Coddington. "But nobody wants a dump in his backyard--or anywhere near it," he adds. Rosenberg predicts that Western areas like Beattie and Hanford may pull a Barnwell. "They resent the fact that New England says, 'We will not allow a burial site in our area,'" Rosenberg asserts...
...Harvard, they were scared that experiments which were producing the low-level radioactive waste would have to be stopped. Joe B. Wyatt, vice president for administration, recalls that the Barnwell shutdown "sort of left those of us in the East without a solution." Parker L. Coddington, director of government relations, is a little more blunt. "If you've got a dump suddenly closed, you can have this stuff coming out of your ears before you know it," Coddington exclaims. "Things got caught in midstream," he added. "For a while there we couldn't ship it and we couldn't store...
Last May's shutdown is only symptomatic of Harvard's most pressing waste disposal problem: low-level radioactive wastes. University labs produce all sorts of radioactive by-products--from chemicals to contaminated papers to glassware and animals used in experiments. In the medical area alone, says Coddington, labs and research experiments are producing more than 1000 gallons of toluene, a frequently used chemical that is both radioactive and highly flammable after experimentation. Each year, the labs must also dispose of more than four and a half million vials which come in contact with toluene...
...have to go," he adds. However, as Johnson explains, such techniques require a large capital investment and university budgets do not normally allow such expenses. Under the current system--even worse--the NRC would need two to three years to examine and approve an on-site disposal facility. And Coddington hammers home the underlying problem: even given lack of community opposition, "some of this stuff simply cannot be managed on site...
Parker L. Coddington, director of government relations, called the situation a "Catch 22." "For a while there," he explained, "we couldn't ship it, and we couldn't store...